In Media Res

For those that don't know, "in media res" is Latin for "in the middle of things." This is a slight twist on that phrase... "media".

Wasn't technology supposed to help us?

Weren't we supposed to learn more?

Was it not meant for a new age;

Did it not open more doors?

Look at the phone in your pocket.

Does it talk back to you?

Can you tell it all of your secrets

And hope it'll tell its wisdom too?

Touch your computer screen.
Does it feel cold or warm?

Can it shudder and shake in the breeze?

Would it survive an emotional storm?

I'll bet your curl up to your monitor

As you go to sleep at night.

You feed it and clothe it and love it

Like an actual person, right?

I really hope I'm wrong...

This world is just too much.

When did the tapping of keyboards

Become better than a human touch?

Was your iPod your first time?

Did you marry your computer crush?

Have you ever passed notes to your car?

Was your touchscreen phone your first love?

I didn't learn anything from technology.

I only learned how to take shortcuts.

Don't we do that enough already?

We have other people to do that for us.

The more that we create new machines

The lazier we become.

I'm already sitting here on my computer

Typing this damn poem.

I'm trying to tell you all something

Before it's much too late-

Fall in love, have a kid, live your life

And the best of your life make.

Author's Note

Rhyming isn't my strongest skill. -.-

Reviews

[Summer D.]

Don't downgrade yourself. The rhyming was pretty fantastic. Not the fanciest of poems but I really did like the message behind this one. It reminded me of a Journalism discussion I was partaking in class the other day.. or so.

Ah, technology.
The masters to our lost souls.
We'll always find ways to enslave ourselves...

"The more that we create new machines
The lazier we become.
I'm already sitting here on my computer
Typing this damn poem."

This was one of my favorite parts in the poem. Generally, I loathe cursing in poems.
I think it should be left for the lesser, yet still amazing of the arts– stories. I like to think of poems as untainted. However, this wasn't that ill-used. It rhymed.. and it fit. You could still edit it out however.. if you chose to.

Nice write anyway. Look more to seeing from you!

YT,

Summer

[Desiree S.]

ah Simply brilliant, the message, the story, the truth people need to hear. Although, I too, don't like the use of swear words in masterpieces such as yours, it is completely up to the author.

Desiree :D

[Miss Evans]

I applaud your use of rhyme and language to convery such a under-rated message! People erally take for granted the lives that we have, the the 'things' we fill it with. It could all be gone in a blink, and we wouldn't know what to do about it.

I think your rhyme scheme was really great, there were only one or two lines that didn't fit to the mold, but they did stay on meter and rythym.

I liked your word usage, especially towards the end. I tend to find the use of certain words in certain cases emotionally provoking, and 'damn' isn't entirely a swear-word. I would suggest changing it to 'damned' though, since that is the proper use (gramatically, anyway).

All in all this was very nicely written, and thought-provoking.

Bravo.

[The XYZ Writer]

I totally agree with Summer, although for me I view this as a masterpiece. What a message! And no the rhyming is fantastic! This a a very nice poem. :)

[Summer'sBreeze]

wow i love this and the story behind it
and i think the words flowed just right in this poem even if it didn't rhyme
great work!